March 24, 2025. On the sneak, Ruby bringin’ heat.
Six am guest wake up knock, first day of the tour, avalanche mitigation, three orientations, four groups, ten runs. On a Monday. The heat is on with high temperatures in the 40’s at 10,ooo feet. We skied warming snow surfaces on solar aspects and cold snow remaining on north facing terrain. The heat wave continues […]
March 23, 2025. strong finish.
Six runs today, four of extra vertical and twenty- two runs in the last three days with incredible skiing and Ruby Magic through each day. The heat is on with today being the first day in a potential record breaking warming trend through Thursday. Cold snow existed on each run today throughout the terrain, however […]
March 22, 2025. We don’t have a parking problem here.
Three to five inches with some wind overnight to completely reset the mountains with a fresh coat of white. We started in the snowcats today due to clouds obscuring the top elevation landings then transitioned to the helicopter after four runs. We skied eight runs today, the final four of the day in Thorpe Creek […]
March 21, 2025. it’s not a sandwich it’s a way of life.
Weather was on the horizon all morning as we presented the first morning orientations. While we finished the final helicopter briefing, we still had a window of a flyable condition before conditions were expected to deteriorate. Making the most of the time we had, we skied five runs in the helicopter in Thorpe Creek with […]
March 20, 2025. the first day of Spring.
We woke up to an 8,500 foot cloud ceiling and strong winds with 50+ gusts overnight at our remote weather station at 10,000 feet. The forecast was for clearing skies and decreasing winds. We slow rolled the morning orientations and began the day in the cats skiing three runs in Conrad before the weather improved […]
March 19, 2025. just like that.
After two days in the cats with the mid-week three day crew, today the sun came out. Eight runs, four of extra vertical for a perfect ending to a special tour. We had wind, snow, sun and celebrated the 48th year Anniversary of Ruby with this crew. The skiing today was spectacular. A foot of […]
March 18, 2025. This and yap.
Talkin’ chop. A foot of new snow overnight and snow throughout the day in Conrad Creek. Nine runs of incredible skiing in the snowcats ripping top to bottom Ruby Magic. A six foot base in Conrad Creek, which is the lowest elevation of our ski terrain with the top elevation of 10k. 138% above average […]
March 17, 2025. Happy Anniversary Ruby.
Forty-eight years ago today, the dream began. With the first ever Ruby run on St. Patricks Day 1977 off Cass House Peak in the southern Rubies. 48 years later, the dream lives on. Five runs today in Conrad Creek with strong winds ahead of an incoming storm system. Eight to ten inches of new snow […]
March 16, 2025. big wind.
After two back to back nine runs days and completing the package run guarantee, the third day of the tour was very windy as forecasted. We knew the wind was coming so we wanted to get as much skiing done in the first two days of the tour as possible. Wind picked up overnight with […]
March 15, 2025. wild weather.
The snowcat terrain saves us again. Nine runs of powder skiing in the cats today, teased by the weather for a clearing. We saw a bit of everything on the mountain today, brief sun, thick cloud, heavy snow constantly changing weather that didn’t improve for long enough through the day to allow us to get […]
